Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2002/00405
A distal impact layer linked to the giant late Triassic Manicouagan crater: dating, correlating and testing the environmental effects.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr GM Walkden, University of Aberdeen, Sch of Geosciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J Parnell, University of Aberdeen, Geology and Petroleum Geology
- Grant held at:
- University of Aberdeen, Sch of Geosciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Planetary science
- Properties Of Earth Materials
- Palaeoenvironments
- Abstract:
- This late Triassic spherule and shocked quartz impact deposit is now directly linked to the c.214 Ma. Manicouagan event and is the first such record in world stratigraphy. It is intended to refine the geochronology, establish the chronostratigraphy and use a range of indicators to gauge the nature, scale and extent of the environmental catastrophe that can be attributed to one of the planets largest impact craters, and yet which (evidently) had no associated biotic effects. A highly qualified international team is focused on maximising the information yield, with an emphasis on isotopic/radiometric dating, geochemical and mineralogical characterisation of the layer and integrating the event horizon into international magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic schemes.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2002/00405
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £30,591
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £2,221 | £7,383 | £19,964 | £1,022 |
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